Educational apparatus.



G. B. HUGHES.

BDUGATIONAL APPARATUS.

nrmoulox ,Hum JULY 18, 1918.

1,099,372. -Patena June 9, 19m

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CLM'BLAKELY HUGHES, 01' LKOTA, NORTH DKOTA.

I nnuoa'rronan Specmcation of Letters l'atent.

application ma my 18, 1918. serial m. 778,838.

To all 'whom 'itma concem:

Be .it known t at I, 0mm B. I-Ipam'is, citizen of the United States, resldm at) Lakota, in the county -of Nelson and tate of North Dakota, have-invented certa1n new and useful Improvements in Educational fication, reference being had to the accom- This invention relates to improvements in educational apparatus and has for its primary object the provision of simple, in'expensive and eflicacious means for impartmg It islanother object of the invention to provide an educational apparatus embodying a chart, and musical notes or symbols adapted to be removabl'y and replaceably mounted upon said chart. i

Another and more specific object of the invention resides in the provision of a base havingl a surface of a high frictional Character' upon which one or more musical staves may be printed or otherwise delineated, and notes and musical symbols formed of felt or other material of a like fibrous character adapted to frictionally engage with and adhere to the face of the chart but capable of easy and quick removal there- ,With the above andother obj ectsfin view, the invention consists in the improved form and construction of the chart'and its accompanying parts to be hereinafter specifically referred to, as illustrated in the preferred embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawing, in(which- Figure 1 is a face view of the chart having the removable notes and symbols arranged thereon, as shown. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the symbols being removed from the chart. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional perof one of the symbols.

' In carrying out my invention, I provide a heavy card-board backing or base indicated at 5 having a face or surface to which the notes and symbols are designed to be applied which is o f a high frictional Character, or as illustrated, a sheet of felt or other fibrous material 6 may be secured upon the surface of the card-board base. I have found, how-` ever, thatoseveral forms of pastel board may be used with satisfactory results, and it is consequently to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the use of the felt or fibrous sheeting as above referred to. Upon the card-board base or the felt sheet secured thereon, a plurality of music staves 7 are printed or otherwise depicted. The lines of the staves are dark enough to be readily discerned u on the comparatively light background wh1 e the musical notes and symbols shown at 8 when applied to the lines of the staff will be sharply outlined thereon and 'stand out clearly so that they can be read at Patented June 9, 1914. i

or hacking of card-board or the felt facing sheet secured thereon. The chart may be hung upon a wall with the notes applied thereto without liability of displacing the notes from their proper positions.

In the use of my 1nvention, after hanging the chart upon a wall or otherwise suspending the same, the pupil applies the felt notes to the proper lines or spaces upon the stafl:` as they are named by the instructor and after 'the staff has been filled, it will be understood that the notes and symbols may be readily removed therefrom and placed in different posit-ions. Also by the provision of the removable notes, the instructor may write out a lesson for the upil, to be worked out, and the notes roper y applied to the surface of the chart uringthe lnterim between the visits of the instructor.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction and manner of use of my improved musical instruction chart will` be clearly and fully understood.

TheA invention provides a very simple and inexpensive means for i`m arting musical instruction which will be ound highly sat-isfact-or and efficacious in ractical use.

While I have particular y 'referred in the foregoing to the use of the invention as a musical instruction chart, it will be appre- 100 ciated that the device may also be employed i secured upon the face of said base, and symfor Various other analogous educational bols also constructed of felt and adapted to purposes. frictionally adhcre to the felt sheet upon the Havng thus described the inventiou,wl1at base When pressed against the same. B is claimed is: In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 15 1. A chart having a face of a highly fricsignature in the presence of two witnesses. tonal nature, and symbols constructed of CLARA BLAKELY HUGHES. feltadapted to adhere'to the face of the Wtnesses: chart When pressed against the same. ALLAN A. MCMASTER, 10 2. A Chart comprsing a base, a felt Sheet I LEE BoLsTnR. 

